Trump is a charlatan and “has no real intention of devolving power back to the people.”
Yascha Mounk, an unassuming academic born in Germany and now a fellow in New America’s Political Reform program and a lecturer on government at Harvard University, is the quintessential man for the moment. A specialist in liberal democracies and the rise of authoritarian states around the world, he has become the go-to expert to analyze and explain President Donald Trump.